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According to court documents, Joshua Matthew Cline, 28, received an automatic 25-year sentence without parole on each charge Monday after pleading guilty in April to two counts of child rape. Cline was previously sentenced to more than 27 years in federal prison for production of child pornography in August 2011.

Robert Arthur Brewster, 41, of Clifton, Colo., pleaded guilty July 10 before U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson to producing child pornography. Brewster appeared at the change of plea hearing in custody.

Christopher Aubrey Harlan used his computer, as well as his roommate's computer for a brief time, to access child pornography on various websites. He used those computers, as well as his cellphone, to send and receive numerous images of child pornography.

Michael Brian Clair, 33, admitted that between July 2012 and January 2013, he coerced two prepubescent minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct, for the purpose of producing visual depictions of that conduct, and transported those images from Arizona to Idaho in late December.

Jeffrey Todd Howard, 34, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey. Howard will also be required to serve 10 years of supervised release following completion of the prison term, during which time he will be required to comply with numerous conditions of release designed to limit his contact with children. Howard was convicted after a two-day bench trial before Judge Rainey April 4.

James Carney Ritterhoff, a former police officer who was employed as an armed money courier in Albuquerque when he was arrested in June 2011, was sentenced Monday to 7 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.

Lisa Renze of Connellsville, Pa., was arrested and charged Monday with employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, and coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct.

Michael Dale Irwin pleaded guilty Tuesday to the sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography. A witness reported to Maryland State Police that Irwin had sent an image to her cellular phone documenting his sexual abuse of a prepubescent minor female.

Gary Hardeman, a previously convicted sex offender, faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty Thursday to a charge resulting from a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that revealed he traveled to Mexico to engage in sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl.

Anthony Maurice Cottle, a former Baltimore County firefighter, was sentenced Thursday to 195 months in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography. Cottle sexually abused two minor males to produce visual depictions of the abuse.

A former Texas elementary school principal, Stephen Anthony Paulsen, used an online social networking application to contact and attempt to meet an individual he believed was a 15-year-old boy for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity. The individual he contacted was actually an undercover law enforcement officer, posing as a minor.

Michael John Ebenhoeh pleaded guilty in April following an investigation by the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Investigators determined that between November 2010 and July 2011, multiple digital files of child pornography involving very young children were downloaded and offered for sharing from Ebenhoeh's residence.

Dylan Joral Ritter pleaded guilty Monday to production of child pornography, following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and several other law enforcement agencies. Ritter admitted to downloading Internet child pornography, to sexually abusing a 3-year-old relative and to taking photos of the abuse with his cellphone camera.

Dustin E. James, of Republic, Mo., was charged in a two-count indictment alleging he used a minor to produce child pornography between July 1, 2012 and April 24, 2013. The indictment also alleges that James received and distributed child pornography over the Internet between Jan. 1, 2011 and April 24, 2013.

Donnie Ray Sumner, of Joplin, Mo., was charged in a one-count indictment that alleges he received and distributed child pornography over the Internet between July 1, 2012 and Jan. 21, 2013. Sumner is a registered sex offender due to a 2001 conviction for possessing child pornography.

Wayne Harlan Files, of Lebanon, Mo., was charged in a one-count indictment that alleges Files received child pornography over the Internet. Files became a registered sex offender following his 1993 conviction for forcible sodomy.

Paul Anthony Rible, 39, from Plentywood, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 10 years of supervised released. He will also forfeit the laptop computers and thumb drives he used to download, store and distribute child pornography.